Comments on: Most Well-Read Cities in the USA

By: bufocalvin

bufocalvin — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:55:52 +0000

Thanks for writing, Rebecca!

Excellent point!

By: bufocalvin

bufocalvin — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:55:32 +0000

Thanks for writing, Edward!

As to New York and L.A., I was wondering if it’s because they have so many bookstores (I think you’d have a tough time going two blocks in New York without seeing one) that they don’t order as much online.

By: bufocalvin

bufocalvin — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:40:56 +0000

Thanks for writing, Roberto!

It’s reassuring to know folks that close to the capital read a lot.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 27 May 2011 06:56:45 +0000

It’s worth noting that several of the top cities are big retirement areas. I know what I’d like to do more of when I retire: read.

By: Edward Boyhan

Edward Boyhan — Fri, 27 May 2011 06:46:05 +0000

I was particularly surprised that Florida had 3 in the top 20. Neither Orlando nor Miami really conjure a reading zeitgeist. And Gainesville? Well, it is home to a major university, but they are more noted for their football prowess than anything else — maybe it’s all those wannabe offensive tackles buying up copies of “The Blind Side” to see what’s what in the modern pro game ???

Also of note neither of the two US cultural hegemons: NYC and LA are ranked — I wonder what that says about the state of culture in these United States these days?

By: Roberto

Roberto — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:45:20 +0000

I live in Alexandria, VA and can’t help but note with some local pride that not only are we number 2 but our neighbors, Arlington, VA and Washington, DC are numbers 10 and 14. Call us the “literate triangle.”

Seriously, you do see people reading all the time around here and, pace Amazon, not just children’s books. And, yes, people recognize my Kindle without my having to tell them what it is.